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7 months ago
Thank you thank you thank you. I've wanted to do
this for 10 years and I didn't understand the books
I read and have to travel to find a practitioner.
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lyearago
Such an excellent explanation. The fact you can
explain it so clearly gives me the confidence that you
know your material [ ..] This is very socially conscious
of you to make excellent teaching available to those
who want to practice but can not travel to classes or
in some cases, afford full fees.
~ CltJ,k
7 months ago
I have heard about this method a long time ago but
thanks to Youtube and Alfons I get to get lessons in it.
So exciting for me.
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lyearago
Hi Alfons, I understand what you said about this not
being a medical institution and that you aren't
a doctor. And I don't expect 'the' answers to all
questions, but I think people turn to people like you
for answers because they have already been to
physiotherapists, doctors, and various 'experts' and
didn't receive the help they needed. That doesn't
mean you are responsible for the health of others,
but I just wanted to give you this feedback, because
I would trust your advice more than many others,
simply because you are helping people to learn for
themselves (which helps everyone), and not just
giving information for people to consume (which
might be right for some, but not for others).
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5 months ago
This is all new to me ...S omatic. ..b ut I'm already
hooked on Alfons. Excellent explanations and
demonstrations. How do I subscribe?
All testimonial citations in the preface are from publicly visible
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,,GETTING BETTERD AY BY DAY: INTRODUCTION",
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,,Feldenkrais With Alfons -Getting Better Day By Day -The Workbook (In Black & White Print)"
written by Alfons Grabher
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1st edition December 2017
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Alfons Grabher is a certified FELDENKRAIS® Practitioner, born in 1974 in Vienna, Austria, Europe. He also is
a graduate Engineer (University of Applied Sciences, Vienna), specialized in Biomedical Engineering. Prior to
becoming a FELDENKRAIS® Practitioner he has worked for over a decade as Software Engineer and Consultant.
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The information in this book is given in good faith and strictly for reference only and is neither intended
to diagnose any physical or mental condition nor to serve as a substitute for medical advice or professional
health care. Please remember that no practice can be adequately learned from written descriptions. Talk to
your doctor before starting any new exercise regime .
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Note from Alfons: not all notes in this workbook correspond 1:1 to what I've said in the videos. Furthermore
there's no guarantee for the availability of my videos on YouTube. However I try my best to keep the videos
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FOREWORD
My dear reader, student, client, friend, follower, your people when you're trying to explain what
subscriber. I'll try to keep the foreword short and you're doing (in case they're worrying why you're
sweet: rolling on the floor in seemingly random, slow
motion movements). You can use this workbook
1. The human nervous system is the most com to deepen your own practice and understanding,
plex, most mysterious, and most astonishing ob or use it as teaching material to get others to roll
ject in the known universe . And you're using it on the floor and feel hilariously peaceful ... piece
right now. How amazing is that? ... in one piece ... complete. Yes. We can be.
2. I simply love the fact that you're interested in 4. In this workbook I tried to use the same light,
the FELDENKRAIS® Method of Somatic Educa colloquial, yet sincere and authentic spirit I show
tion, and my movement lessons. I belief that the in my videos. I hope this does not throw you off.
FELDENKRAIS® Method - which was invented It still is a very serious method - and a thorough
by and named after the exceptionally brilliant ly designed, serious workbook . My ability to cre
Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais (1904-1984) - is one of the ate this workbook is thanks to my professional
great achievements of humanity . And a fairly re education, my 10+ years teaching experience, and
cent achievement that is. It seems like it took all the many students I have had the opportunity to
the millions and thousands of years of evolution work with in person. This course can be and has
to enable us humans to create and to appreciate been life changing. It's just that the good, life
this method. It's definitely a stepping stone to changing stuff don't need to be that serious. Even
a deeper understanding of ourselves, the world, though it is.
and everyone else. I believe that we will see much
more of it in the future . 5. Did I already mention that you're amazing?
.,
3. I originally created the ,,Getting Better Day By
Day" lessons as a video course, available for free
on YouTube. This online video course is intended
for beginners as well as movement professionals ,
and accessible to anyone with an Internet con
nection. Only later I created this workbook. .. in
fact, this 118 pages workbook was more than a
year in the making . My hope is that this work I wish you a great time on the floor, and
book will enable you to get a quick overview ,,See you in the next video!"
over the lessons, a better understanding of the Alfons
connections between lessons , and that you'll be
able to identify the strategies used in the lessons
easier. And that you have something to show to
TABLOE FC ONTENTS
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11 months ago
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Thank you for the wonderful lesson! I totally deserve
feeling great today:)
1
LIFTING YOUR HEAD IN SUPINE POSITION PAGE 10
YOUR EYES AND YOUR PELVIS HELP LIFTING YOUR HEAD PAGE 20
3
ELBOWS TOWARDS KNEES PAGE 32
GETTING TO KNOW YOUR SHOULDER GIRDLE AND PAGE 44
ITS CONNECTIONS TO THE WHOLE BODY
8 FELDENKRAIS® WITH ALFONS -GETTING BETTER DAY BY DAY -THE WORKBOOK
FLOATING AND LENGTHENING, STARTING WITH YOUR PAGE 56
DOMINANT HAND
6
LIFTING YOUR LEGS IN PRONE POSITION PAGE 68
LIFTING YOUR HEAD IN PRONE POSITION PAGE 80
ROLLING OVER EASILY, USING EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT PAGE 92
FLEXION & EXTENSION IN 16 DIFFERENT POSITIONS PAGE 108
FELDENKRAIS® WITH ALFONS -GETTING BETTER DAY BY DAY-THE WORKBOOK 9
